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Racial harassment ignored under Trump

Jennifer Smith Richards, Megan O’Matz, Jodi S. Cohen - ProPublica

The Trump Education Department’s civil rights office has not resolved a single racial harassment investigation

US conservative political commentator Ben Shapiro speaks during Turning Point's annual AmericaFest conference in remembrance of late right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk, in Phoenix, Arizona on December 18, 2025. (Photo by Olivier Touron / AFP)

Conservative conflict at America Fest

Garrett Owen

Tensions flared during an event meant to showcase MAGA unity

Shelves of salad dressings for sale in Publix Grocery Store. (Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Costco, Publix salad dressings recalled

Joy Saha

The recall, classified as a Class II recall, was initiated on Nov. 6 and Dec. 4

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The best animation of 2025

Hanh Nguyen, Melanie McFarland, Coleman Spilde

From "KPop Demon Hunters" to "The Apothecary Diaries," these animated standouts tackled grief, healing and survival

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President Donald J. Trump returns to the White House before his address tonight on December 17, 2025 in Washington, D.C.. (Photo by Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Trump suspends green card lottery

Garrett Owen

It is unclear how the Trump administration will pause the lottery

Rob Reiner watches as Harry Connick Jr. sings for the soundtrack to the movie "When Harry Met Sally," circa 1989. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Rob Reiner gave music the spotlight

Andi Zeisler

Reiner had an instinctive grasp of how sound can carry memory and feeling, using music as a storytelling force

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 18: A protester holds a placard after the House voted 427-1 to approve the Epstein Files Transparency Act and the release of documents and files at the U.S. Capitol on November 18, 2025 in Washington, DC. The legislation instructs the U.S. Department of Justice to release all files related to the late accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. It now goes to the Senate for a vote before President Donald Trump can sign it into law.   (Photo by Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images)

Epstein files release will miss deadline

Russell Payne

Members of Congress have warned that officials could face legal repercussions for the delay

Paris, France - March 10, 2013: Old black and white and sepia photos at flea market. There are more than 20 flea markets in Paris.

Gen Z does not exist

Troy Farah

Generational labels have no scientific meaning. Experts say they’re tired — we should be too

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President Donald Trump addresses the nation on Dec. 17, 2025. (Doug Mills / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's speech was his Joe Biden moment

Brian Karem

The president's nationally televised address will haunt him like Biden's debate performance

Construction on Trump's enormous ballroom began this week. Not everyone was pleased about it. Even on Fox News. (Salwan Georges / The Washington Post / Getty Images)

The White House ballroom ain't happening

Amanda Marcotte

Trump can't focus long enough, even on his $400 million passion project

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 3: Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on "The Abduction of Ukrainian Children by the Russian Federation" on Capitol Hill on December 3, 2025 in Washington, DC. Congressmen in the House and Senate on both sides of the isle joined the Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States and advocates to testify about the Russian war effort to abduct thousands of Ukrainian children and forced to undergo "re-education" and militarization. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Can a Democrat take McConnell’s seat?

Russell Payne

Rep. Charles Booker and racehorse trainer Dale Romans aim to test Democrat's electability in Kentucky

President Donald Trump, flanked by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Attorney General Pam Bondi. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's Venezuela playbook is a retread

Betty Medsger - The Conversation

We’ve seen this before in run-ups to wars in Vietnam and Iraq

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WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 07: U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump attend the 48th annual Kennedy Center Honors at the Kennedy Center on December 07, 2025. (Photo by Allison Robbert/Getty Images)

Trump's name slapped on Kennedy Center

Garrett Owen

The president's hand-picked board voted to add his name to the performing arts venue

Jeffrey Epstein in 2004. (Photo by Rick Friedman/Corbis via Getty Images)

Epstein was reading "Lolita" wrong

Alex Galbraith

You do not, under any circumstances, gotta hand it to Humbert Humbert

Ghislaine Maxwell attends Polo Ralph Lauren host Victories of Athlete Ally at Polo Ralph Lauren Store on November 3, 2015 in New York City (Jared Siskin/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)

Maxwell pushes to vacate conviction

Blaise Malley

The filing lands days before a deadline to release sealed records released to Jeffrey Epstein

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks to the press on Oct. 17, 2025. (Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images)

Congress punts on ACA subsidies

Garrett Owen

Lawmakers will go on holiday recess having failed to avoid a sudden rise in healthcare premiums

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How the TV Yule log stole Christmas

Melanie McFarland

From flaming time-killers to franchise-branded blazes, TV fireplaces are now "home for the holidays" to stay

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 16: President Donald Trump speaks at a Hanukkah reception on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025 at the White House in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Peter W. Stevenson/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

WH: We'd be "lucky" to have Trump 2028

Garrett Owen

The comments echo Trump's own hopes of a third term

Icebox cake with layers of berry jam (Anastassiya Bezhekeneva / Getty Images)

Salon's most popular recipes of 2025

Ashlie D. Stevens

The comforting pastas, buttery breads, nostalgic desserts and cozy classics readers couldn’t stop cooking

President Donald Trump delivers an address to the nation on Dec. 17, 2025. (Doug Mills - Pool/Getty Images)

Trump's big speech was all gaslighting

Heather Digby Parton

The president's false claims about economic conditions are the latest indication that he's in serious trouble

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Not the last picture show

Coleman Spilde

So it turns out you can go home again — and what I found in two North Dakota movie theaters was marvelous

Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr testifies at a Senate oversight hearing on Dec. 17, 2025. (Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

Trump's attack dog is Biden's legacy

Sophia Tesfaye

FCC Chair Brendan Carr should stand as a tough lesson for Democrats

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt holds her first news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on January 28, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Leavitt’s White House doublethink

Laura Beers

The press secretary's playbook is lifted from "1984"

Dan Bongino (Melina Mara/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Bongino announces departure from FBI

Alex Galbraith

Recent reports had described the deputy director as "something of a clown" who will not be missed

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